New Zealand Acts

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 58

58 New section 99A inserted

The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 99 , the following section:

99A Mediation

1 A consent authority may refer to mediation a person who has made an application for a resource consent and some or all of the persons who have made submissions on the application.

2 The authority may exercise the power in subsection (1) —

a) either—

i) at the request of 1 of the persons; or

ii) on its own initiative; and

b) only with the consent of all the persons being referred; and

c) only for the purpose of mediating between the persons on a matter or issue.

3 Mediation under this section must be conducted by—

a) a person to whom the authority delegates, under section 34A , the power to mediate; or

b) a person whom the authority appoints to mediate, if the authority is the person who has made an application for a resource consent.

4 The person who conducts the mediation must report the outcome of the mediation to the consent authority.